Legal Opinion
Ball v. E.W. Scripps Co.
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided November 29, 1990No. 87-SC-826-DGPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBSON, Justice.
This is a libel action brought by a public official, Louis A. Ball, Commonwealth Attorney for Campbell County, against The Kentucky Post, a daily newspaper serving the Northern Kentucky area, and Al Salva-to, the reporter for the Post who wrote the articles at issue. The case for libel was made primarily on the basis of a two-part series, “Portrait of a Prosecutor,” appearing in The Kentucky Post on November 17 and 19, 1984.
The case was tried in November, 1985. Under the instructions submitted, a jury found statements in these articles were false and defamatory, and motivated…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Sand Hill Energy, Inc. v. SmithKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
- Hinerman v. Daily Gazette Co., Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1992
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